quote:offensive move that will allow him to prolong his career ala Kareem or MJ, but if you were to take his current game and remove his quickness no one would fear him. There are tons of guys in the league with his size and strength...what sets him apart is his quickness...just as it did for Shaq.

so, if you remove his tools that make him better, he isnt better. Ok, got it.

James in Miami is the same as Jordan with the Bulls in regard to supporting casts. We will see what transpires. I think James challenges for goat by the time it is over, better than Oscar Robertson.

quote:If you had to pick between the two, that would be a tough choice, but five beats one every time I look at it. And not that he [James] won't get five. He may get more than that, but five is bigger than one.

re: Jordan picks Kobe over lebronPosted by jturn17 on 2/15/13 at 4:15 am to dukke v

quote:NBA.com: You were close to Wilt after he retired. How often would you talk to him?

Harvey Pollack: All the time. Wilt was big on stats. One time he called me up and said, 'You know, Harvey, Michael Jordan can't hit a shot beyond 15 feet?'

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So, during the height of Michael's career, I got the play-by-play of the first 20 Bulls games and I checked the distance of every shot Jordan took during the season and sure enough, he was shooting under 40 percent from 15 feet back.

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Another season, Wilt said that the refs never called any traveling violations on Jordan. Wilt was after Jordan for some reason. I checked the play by plays and Wilt was right. Jordan was called only for four traveling violations.

People remember whatever they want to remember about players. For reference roughly 40% from deep 2 is what LeBron and Kobe shoot from there. And LeBron has easily become a better 3pt shooter than Jordan ever was. Jordan's only good 3pt shooting year was when the NBA 3pt line was only 22ft as opposed to 23'9". Jordan was amazing, but there's no need to exaggerate his greatness. He had flaws in his game just like everyone else.